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Using Pest Expert Products to Eradicate Carpet Moths
Treatment should be carried out by firstly activation of the Formula P Fogger(s), followed by applying the Formula P Powder and then applying the Formula C Spray. 1. Any unprotected persons or pets (including fish) should be removed from rooms where treatment is about to take place and kept out until surfaces become dry. The […]
Oak Processionary Caterpillars
The oak processionary moth feeds and lives almost exclusively on oak trees. Symptoms include: Caterpillars in procession on the trunk nose-to-tail in late spring and early summer. The procession is sometimes arrow-shaped with one leader and rows of caterpillars following. Nests on trunks and larger branches of oak trees. They are made of distinctive white […]
Moth Extinct in UK Returns After 50 Years
Hold off on your Formula C spray, if you happen to come across this little fellow. The Clifden Nonpareil- a name that means Beyond Compare- is one of the largest and most spectacular moths that are native to the UK. Noticeable by its bright blue stripe across its black hindwings, it has a wingspan that […]
Earwigs
Creepy crawlies that are bound to make many of us skin crawl. However, Earwigs can be quite beneficial. Three reasons why to think twice before killing them: They clean up the environment. Earwigs love to dine on decaying organic matter, including dead plants, animals, and old tree bark. Earwigs eat pest insects. These effective predators […]
Carpet Moth Facts!
Clothes moths go through four distinct lifecycle periods with significant change at each stage. Eggs which hatch in 4-10 days. Larva which can stay in this stage for 2-30 months! Cocoon which lasts 8-10 days. Then the Adult moth which lives 75-80 days. The beginning of the Clothes moth lifecycle – adult female moths can […]
Invasion of the Woodlouse
Warm summer weather is likely to drive woodlice into your home, seeking out an holes or gaps to escape the heat. And although they are not the nicest looking critters, they are however essential to the ecosystem in the way they recycle nutrients and often are a food source for prettier creatures. Woodlice are both […]
Flying Ants – Everyday Items to get rid of them
Flying ants are a seasonal pest which emerge between June and August, though they remain in circulation for a relatively short amount of time. They do have an aversion to one household product that ever home will have. Dish soap. That is right, dish soap and it does not have to fancy, non-branded supermarket buys […]
Summer of Moths
Summer seems to have finally arrived and while millions of Brits flock to the coast for sun, sand and sea stay-cations due to covid, Tineola Bisselliella more commonly known as the clothes moth are out and about in force as well. The warm weather could very well see an in increase in these moths as […]
Moths in the Cupboard
Moths like to make their home in dark, humid spaces in your house. This includes inside cupboards, wardrobes and most will not notice they have moths until the find holes in their clothing. There are both ways to get rid and deter any future invaders. If moths are chewing on people’s clothing, then they also […]
Dorking Trees to be Treated due to Hazardous Moth Infestation
In Moley Valley forest a group of oak trees will have to be treated for the tree pest, Oak Processionary moth. A spokesperson for Forestry England says that contractors will tend to the trees in Coldharbour Wood, near Dorking, Surrey, to remove the caterpillars that can cause itchy rashes, eye and throat irritations. The caterpillars […]